# Botticelli - September 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 2, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600 "2019-09-02T20:16:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 23
**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:** [October 1, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/441 "2019-10-01T16:47:23Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with B 7. European 8. Not British nor Irish 9. Not best known for the visual arts 10. Greatest fame after 1950 11. Popular in the U.S., but more popular elsewhere 12. Best known for music 13. Native speaker of a Romance language 14. Not Spanish 15. Singer 16. Best known for pop music 17. Not Italian 18. Greatest fame right around 1970 give or take a couple of years 19. Died in the 20th Century 20. Not French That’s 20. No more IQ’s will be answered. Please ask all remaining DQ’s by Noon EDT tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/442 "2019-10-01T17:37:56Z")
DQs: German? 1 DQ left ---
**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:** [October 1, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/443 "2019-10-01T18:00:07Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with B 7. European 8. Not British nor Irish 9. Not best known for the visual arts 10. Greatest fame after 1950 11. Popular in the U.S., but more popular elsewhere 12. Best known for music 13. Native speaker of a Romance language 14. Not Spanish 15. Singer 16. Best known for pop music 17. Not Italian 18. Greatest fame right around 1970 give or take a couple of years 19. Died in the 20th Century 20. Not French 21. Not German ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/444 "2019-10-01T18:04:03Z")
Last DQ: Nordic? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/445 "2019-10-01T18:07:09Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with B 7. European 8. Not British nor Irish 9. Not best known for the visual arts 10. Greatest fame after 1950 11. Popular in the U.S., but more popular elsewhere 12. Best known for music 13. Native speaker of a Romance language 14. Not Spanish 15. Singer 16. Best known for pop music 17. Not Italian 18. Greatest fame right around 1970 give or take a couple of years 19. Died in the 20th Century 20. Not French 21. Not German 22. Not Nordic KO still has 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/446 "2019-10-02T15:04:41Z")
So we have a pop singer whose mother tongue is a Romance language that’s _not_ Spanish, Italian, or French (although he presumably sings in English). Could be tough, sorting out all those Catalan-, Romansch-, and Romanian-speaking pop stars… ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/447 "2019-10-02T15:09:24Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > So we have a pop singer whose mother tongue is a Romance language that’s _not_ Spanish, Italian, or French (although he presumably sings in English). Could be tough, sorting out all those Catalan-, Romansch-, and Romanian-speaking pop stars… I didn’t say that. I said he’s not Spanish, Italian or French. That doesn’t mean he didn’t speak Spanish, Italian or French. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/448 "2019-10-02T16:03:33Z")
'It’s noon. Please ask all "Are you FirstName LastName? " questions by 10 pm EDT tonight. He spoke French, btw. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/449 "2019-10-02T16:08:39Z")
Are you Jacques Brel? Hoping he’s Belgian and not French. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/450 "2019-10-02T17:03:02Z")
Oui, I am the Belgian-born singer-songwriter Jacques Brel who is no longer alive and well and living in Paris. Good job, **atimnie**! ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/451 "2019-10-02T18:10:53Z")
Okay then, I am G. Continued in new thread. ---
**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 8, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/452 "2019-10-08T14:16:46Z")
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