# Botticelli - September 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916 "2015-09-04T17:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 33
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/641 "2015-09-30T15:54:41Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you own a cheese shop with absolutely no cheese in it? > > IQ2) Were you the last British female to win a singles title at Wimbledon? > > IQ3) Did you win the National League MVP award for breaking Ty Cobb’s stolen bases record? #1 sounds like the Monty Python sketch, but I don’t recall a name, so… Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/642 "2015-09-30T15:56:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a noted German film director with a thing for angels? > Did your dad write\* The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table\*? > Did you rush troops to the summit of Little Round Top? Strasberg did _The Blue Angel_. Take a DQ for #1. I am not Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/643 "2015-09-30T17:12:10Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you compose the soundtrack for horror and suspense movies such as The Bride of Frankenstein and Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca? > IQ2: Did you win an Oscar for composing Lullaby of Broadway? > IQ3: Did you compose the opera version of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible? > > #2. I am not Henry Warren. Take 2 DQs for the others. Franz Waxman, correct, Robert Ward (who I remember from high school band) holding 4 DQs and thinking… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/644 "2015-09-30T17:32:00Z")
\*\*Originally Posted by astorian View Post IQ1) Did you own a cheese shop with absolutely no cheese in it? IQ2) Were you the last British female to win a singles title at Wimbledon? IQ3) Did you win the National League MVP award for breaking Ty Cobb’s stolen bases record?\*\* The cheese shop proprietor was Mr. Wensleydale, the British tennis star was Virginia Wade, and Maury Wills was the base stealer. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/645 "2015-09-30T19:02:37Z")
Last DQ: associated with jazz? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/646 "2015-09-30T19:24:05Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Known for the Arts 5. American 6. Last name starts with W 7. Died since 1950 8. Known for the performing arts 9. Not an actor 10. Won many honors, though not exactly a top award 11. Not known for being handsome, but not bad looking either 12. Musician 13. Not a singer 14. Not remembered primarily as an instrumentalist 15. Not remembered for classical music. 16. Most famous before 1963 17. Composer, but not best known for that 18. Conductor 19. Born west of the Mississippi River 20. Associated with Jazz And that’s 20. So, I don’t expect this one to last long, but it’s “Are you Firstname Lastname?” time. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/647 "2015-09-30T20:05:05Z")
Pass. ---
**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 30, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/648 "2015-09-30T20:30:37Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a noted German film director with a thing for angels? - Wim Wenders, director of _Wings of Desire_. Did your dad write _The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table_? - Yes, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Did you rush troops to the summit of Little Round Top? - Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, at Gettysburg. I don’t know any jazz conductors with a last name starting with W. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/649 "2015-09-30T20:47:55Z")
I didn’t even know there were any jazz conductors. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/650 "2015-09-30T21:10:00Z")
Jazz is not my strong suit, but… are you Paul Whiteman, the first conductor of Gershwin’s _ **Rhapsody in Blue** _? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/651 "2015-09-30T22:57:14Z")
/smacks forehead And a-one and a-two Are you Lawrence Welk? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/652 "2015-09-30T23:01:04Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Jazz is not my strong suit, but… are you Paul Whiteman, the first conductor of Gershwin’s _ **Rhapsody in Blue** _? Yes, I am the King of Jazz, America’s Bandleader, Paul Whiteman, who commissioned and conducted _Rhapsody In Blue_. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/653 "2015-10-06T00:50:15Z")
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