# New Boticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 7, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169 "2012-05-07T14:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/61 "2012-05-09T03:35:07Z")
Is your most famous artwork of a man posed, chin on hand, in pensive concentration? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/62 "2012-05-09T03:58:18Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Is your most famous artwork of a man posed, chin on hand, in pensive concentration? No, I’m not Rodin ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/63 "2012-05-09T04:27:39Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > I am not Ry Cooder, either. ok, fine. IQ1: According to your father, are you a tit man? IQ2: Are you a two-time MLB triple crown winner? IQ3: Did you play guitar for the Jeff Beck Group and Faces before landing your current gig in 1975? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/64 "2012-05-09T04:39:25Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: According to your father, are you a tit man? > IQ2: Are you a two-time MLB triple crown winner? > IQ3: Did you play guitar for the Jeff Beck Group and Faces before landing your current gig in 1975? IQ1: No idea, take a DQ IQ2: No idea, take a DQ IQ3: I am not Rod Stewart ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/65 "2012-05-09T13:17:39Z")
1. Richard Raskin or Renee Richards, the transgendered person who entered the US Open back in the 70’s. 2. Rosenkrantz - he and Gildenstern were sent for by Queen Gertrude to discover the cause of Hamlet’s melancholy and to return him to normalcy. 3. If you lived in Rock Ridge, you would have given [singing]RANDOLPH SCOTT[/singing] 24 hours… DQ: Are you European? DQ: Is your artistic field primarily a visual one - (ie painting, sculpture, photography, film, etc)? DQ: Did you die after 1980? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/66 "2012-05-09T13:34:14Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQ1: No idea, take a DQ > IQ2: No idea, take a DQ > IQ3: I am not Rod Stewart Rufus Wainwright is a tit man, according to his songwriting father Loudon. Rogers Hornsby won the triple crown in 1922 and 1925. For #3 I was actually thinking of Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, but Stewart followed the same path. Maybe I should just quit asking about guitarists. Two DQs coming after **Wargamer’s** are answered. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/67 "2012-05-09T15:35:05Z")
IQ1: Did you create the characters Gargantua and Pantagruel? IQ2: Were you killed in the defeat of Charlemagne at Roncesvalles? IQ3: Were you a Norman ruler? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/68 "2012-05-09T15:53:34Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > 1. Rosenkrantz - he and Gildenstern were sent for by Queen Gertrude to discover the cause of Hamlet’s melancholy and to return him to normalcy. And _Rosenkrantz and Gildenstern_ is one of my favorite movies. Go figure. > [@](#): > > DQ: Are you European? > DQ: Is your artistic field primarily a visual one - (ie painting, sculpture, photography, film, etc)? > DQ: Did you die after 1980? Yes, I am European No, not primarily visual Yes, I died after 1980 > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Did you create the characters Gargantua and Pantagruel? > > IQ2: Were you killed in the defeat of Charlemagne at Roncesvalles? > > IQ3: Were you a Norman ruler? I am not Rabelais No idea, take a DQ I am not either one of the Richards ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/69 "2012-05-09T15:54:59Z")
1. I am male 2. I am not living 3. I am/was a real person 4. I was born after 1900 AD 5. I am best known for my accomplishments in The Arts 6. Not American 7. I am European 8. My primary medium is not visual 9. I died after 1980 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/70 "2012-05-09T17:50:58Z")
Have you been dead less than a week? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/71 "2012-05-09T18:15:30Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Have you been dead less than a week? No, when I died it was for longer than a week. It was pretty much permanent. 1. I am male 2. I am not living 3. I am/was a real person 4. I was born after 1900 AD 5. I am best known for my accomplishments in The Arts 6. Not American 7. I am European 8. My primary medium is not visual 9. I died after 1980 10. I died before last week ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/72 "2012-05-09T18:42:46Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Two DQs coming after **Wargamer’s** are answered. DQ1: Does your first name begin with “R?” DQ2: Were you born before 1950? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/73 "2012-05-09T18:45:37Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > DQ1: Does your first name begin with “R?” > DQ2: Were you born before 1950? DQ1: No, my first name does not begin with R DQ2: Yes, I was born before 1950 1. I am male 2. I am not living 3. I am/was a real person 4. I was born after 1900 AD 5. I am best known for my accomplishments in The Arts 6. Not American 7. I am European 8. My primary medium is not visual 9. I died after 1980 10. I died before last week 11. Last name begins with R 12. I was born before 1950 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/74 "2012-05-09T20:38:23Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > No, when I died it was for longer than a week. > It was pretty much permanent. > > 1. I am male > 2. I am not living > 3. I am/was a real person > 4. I was born after 1900 AD > 5. I am best known for my accomplishments in The Arts > 6. Not American > 7. I am European > 8. My primary medium is not visual > 9. I died after 1980 > 10. I died before last week I was thinking Sendak. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/75 "2012-05-09T20:45:36Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I was thinking Sendak. No, not Sendak (my letter is R) ---
**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:** [May 10, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/76 "2012-05-10T02:34:28Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Did you create the characters Gargantua and Pantagruel? > > IQ2: Were you killed in the defeat of Charlemagne at Roncesvalles? > > IQ3: Were you a Norman ruler? > [@MissTake](#): > > I am not Rabelais > No idea, take a DQ > I am not either one of the Richards 1. Roland, who was the title character in ‘La Chanson de Roland’. Right on Rabelais, and Richard qualifies, although he wasn’t who I had in mind. So, a DQ - Is your primary medium musical? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/77 "2012-05-10T02:38:23Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Is your primary medium musical? Yes. 1. I am male 2. I am not living 3. I am/was a real person 4. I was born after 1900 AD 5. I am best known for my accomplishments in The Arts 6. Not American 7. I am European 8. My primary medium is not visual 9. I died after 1980 10. I died before last week 11. Last name begins with R 12. I was born before 1950 13. My primary medium is musical ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/78 "2012-05-10T15:21:44Z")
IQ1. Do you usually have some splain’ to do? IQ2. Are you one of the head writers for a successful fake TV show? IQ3. Did you go 16-1 after being traded from one league to another back in 1984? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/79 "2012-05-10T15:40:58Z")
IQ1: I’m not Lucy Ricardo (or Ricky Ricardo) IQ2: I’m not Sally Rogers (Rose Marie) from The Dick Van Dyke Show IQ3: Take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/80 "2012-05-10T15:52:02Z")
\*\*Wargamer \*\*was thinking of Rick Sutcliffe My IQ: Were you moptop lad from Liverpool? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169.md?page=5)