# Boticelli, Part II

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 14, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892 "2007-03-14T15:21:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 11

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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/201 "2007-03-14T20:35:01Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
Did you make a major medical discovery?  
[/QUOTE]

No, and I don’t know who you mean.

> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#):
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> FB, were you on a sitcom in the 70’s?

No, and I don’t know who you mean.

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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/202 "2007-03-14T20:36:39Z")

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[QUOTE=Zeldar]  
FB

Did you help write songs for the Everly Brothers?  
[/QUOTE]

No, and this makes three in a row that I don’t know!

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### Author: ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/203 "2007-03-14T20:37:02Z")

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Fred “Rerun” Berry.

DQ: Are you living or dead?

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### Author: ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/204 "2007-03-14T20:38:17Z")

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[Quote=Sternvogel]  
Did you make a major medical discovery?  
[/quote]

[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]  
No, and I don’t know who you mean.  
[/QUOTE]

Frederick Banting (discoverer of insulin)

DQ: Are/were you male?

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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/205 "2007-03-14T20:38:47Z")

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[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic]  
DQ: Are you living or dead?  
[/QUOTE]

Okay, I need a rule clarification. This has to be ‘yes’ or ‘no’, right? And if it’s ‘yes’, then another DQ may be asked. Right?

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### Author: ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/206 "2007-03-14T20:38:49Z")

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Do you have a penchant for umbrellas?

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### Author: ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/207 "2007-03-14T20:39:11Z")

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[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]  
No, and this makes three in a row that I don’t know!  
[/QUOTE]

Felice Bryant (wife of Boudleaux) – All I Have To Do Is Dream, etc.

DQ: Are you an American citizen?

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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/208 "2007-03-14T20:40:08Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
DQ: Are/were you male?  
[/QUOTE]

No.

FB is:  
[ul][\*]Female[/ul]

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### Author: ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/209 "2007-03-14T20:40:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]  
Okay, I need a rule clarification. This has to be ‘yes’ or ‘no’, right? And if it’s ‘yes’, then another DQ may be asked. Right?  
[/QUOTE]

Sorry. It’s such a binary question that I just asked it flat out instead of phrasing it as a “yes or no.”

I’ll rephrase it:

Are you living?

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### Author: ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/210 "2007-03-14T20:40:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]  
Okay, I need a rule clarification. This has to be ‘yes’ or ‘no’, right? And if it’s ‘yes’, then another DQ may be asked. Right?  
[/QUOTE]

The question needs to be asked so that yes or no is the right answer. One DQ per IQ. Dio needs to reask.

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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/211 "2007-03-14T20:43:40Z")

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[QUOTE=dnooman]  
Do you have a penchant for umbrellas?  
[/QUOTE]

No, and I don’t know who you mean.

> [@Zeldar](#):
>
> DQ: Are you an American citizen?

Yes.

> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#):
>
> Are you living?

No.

FB is:  
[ul][li]Female[/li][li]American citizen[/li][li]Dead[/li][/ul]

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### Author: ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/212 "2007-03-14T20:45:03Z")

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[Farnsworth Bentley](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=farnsworth%20bentley&btnG=Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi)

Were you in the entertainment industry?

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### Author: ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/213 "2007-03-14T20:45:19Z")

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FB

Did you do a good job of pretending to be drunk?

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### Author: ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/214 "2007-03-14T20:46:12Z")

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Were you a Motown singer?

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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/215 "2007-03-14T20:47:53Z")

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[QUOTE=dnooman]  
Were you in the entertainment industry?  
[/QUOTE]

Technically, yes.

> [@Zeldar](#):
>
> Did you do a good job of pretending to be drunk?

No, I’m not Foster Brooks.

Edit: Fixed code.

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### Author: ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/216 "2007-03-14T20:48:44Z")

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FB

Were you a child actor in the 30’s?

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### Author: ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/217 "2007-03-14T20:49:14Z")

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IQ: Were you a philosopher?

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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/218 "2007-03-14T20:51:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
Were you a Motown singer?  
[/QUOTE]

No, and I should have paid closer attention to the radio in the '70s. I don’t know who you mean.

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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/219 "2007-03-14T20:54:50Z")

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[QUOTE=Zeldar]  
Were you a child actor in the 30’s?  
[/QUOTE]

No, and I don’t know who you mean.

> [@dnooman](#):
>
> Were you a philosopher?

No, and I don’t know who you mean.

You guys are killing me!

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### Author: ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/220 "2007-03-14T20:55:55Z")

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[Quote=Sternvogel]  
Were you a Motown singer?  
[/quote]

[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]  
No, and I should have paid closer attention to the radio in the '70s. I don’t know who you mean.  
[/QUOTE]

Florence Ballard of the Supremes.

DQ: Were you “technically in the entertainment industry” as a writer?

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