# 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:** 9
**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 11, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/161 "2011-09-11T04:18:49Z")
Nicely done, **AG**! IQ: Did your much-less-famous brother have a thing about goats? ---
**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, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/162 "2011-09-11T05:09:39Z")
Were you once TV’s “Wizard of Odds”? ---
**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, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/163 "2011-09-11T05:11:00Z")
Were you the original Yenta the matchmaker in the Broadway premiere of “Fiddler on the Roof”? ---
**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, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/164 "2011-09-11T05:12:00Z")
Were you the first lead guitarist of the Yardbirds? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/165 "2011-09-11T05:21:53Z")
Did your “welcome to America” line spell the end of your political campaign? ---
**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, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/166 "2011-09-11T06:41:36Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Were you once TV’s “Wizard of Odds”? No, I am not Alex Trebek. ---
**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, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/167 "2011-09-11T06:45:55Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Were you the original Yenta the matchmaker in the Broadway premiere of “Fiddler on the Roof”? No, I’m not…Anne Bancroft? ---
**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, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/168 "2011-09-11T06:47:30Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Were you the first lead guitarist of the Yardbirds? No, and I don’t have a guess. Take as many DQ’s as you earned. ---
**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, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/169 "2011-09-11T07:03:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Nicely done, **AG**! > > IQ: Did your much-less-famous brother have a thing about goats? No, I am not Auld MacDonald. But take a DQ if that isn’t right. ---
**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, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/170 "2011-09-11T07:07:08Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Did your “welcome to America” line spell the end of your political campaign? No, I am not…John Anderson? Of course, his campaign went all the way, even if he didn’t. Sounds like DQ time. ---
**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 11, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/171 "2011-09-11T16:31:22Z")
IQ: Did the Pope declare that your setting of Psalm 51 should only ever be sung at the Vatican, and only once a year, during Holy Week? ---
**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, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/172 "2011-09-11T17:54:59Z")
The original Yenta in “Fiddler on the Roof” was Beatrice Arthur And the Yardbirds’ first guitarist (before Page, before Beck, before Clapton) was Anthony “Top” Topham. DQ1: Are you a real person DQ: Are you female? ---
**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, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/173 "2011-09-11T18:31:20Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > The original Yenta in “Fiddler on the Roof” was Beatrice Arthur > > And the Yardbirds’ first guitarist (before Page, before Beck, before Clapton) was Anthony “Top” Topham. > DQ1: Are you a real person > > DQ: Are you female? Yes and yes. 1. Real person 2. Female ---
**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, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/174 "2011-09-11T18:33:11Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Did the Pope declare that your setting of Psalm 51 should only ever be sung at the Vatican, and only once a year, during Holy Week? No, I am not Albinoni? If that is wrong, 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 11, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/175 "2011-09-11T18:48:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Le Ministre de l’au-delà \*\* > IQ: Did the Pope declare that your setting of Psalm 51 should only ever be sung at the Vatican, and only once a year, during Holy Week? > [@AppallingGael](#): > > No, I am not Albinoni? If that is wrong, take a DQ. Really close. Psalm 51, or Miserere Mei, Deus as it is better known, is **Gregorio Allegri** ’s most famous work. The Pope decreed that it should only be performed at the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, and only once a year, during Holy Week. The copies were kept under lock and key and no one was allowed to publish it under the threat of excommunication. A young man named Mozart heard it and transcribed the 13 minute piece from memory… DQ: Were you born in the 20th century? ---
**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, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/176 "2011-09-11T20:55:04Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ: Were you born in the 20th century? No. 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Not 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 11, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/177 "2011-09-11T21:01:13Z")
IQ: Are you the self-proclaimed “outlaw scumfuc”? ---
**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 11, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/178 "2011-09-11T21:31:41Z")
IQ: Are you an Assyrian monarch who started a library? ---
**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, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/179 "2011-09-11T21:34:30Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Are you the self-proclaimed “outlaw scumfuc”? No, I’m not Adolf Hitler. Ok, take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/180 "2011-09-12T02:47:32Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Did your “welcome to America” line spell the end of your political campaign? This refers to Senator George Allen, who “greeted” a man of Asian Indian ancestry who was filming a re-election campaign appearance in 2006 with the words “Let’s give a welcome to macaca, here. Welcome to America and the real world of Virginia.” Since _macaca_ is a racial slur derived from the French term for the macaque monkey, the ensuing controversy helped cost Allen not only another term, but any chance at the U.S. presidency, a prize he was widely thought to be pursuing. DQ: Were you born in Europe? IQ: Were you quoted as saying the main difference between you and a professional rival was that your headwear fit more snugly? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171.md?page=10)