# 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:** 7
### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/121 "2007-03-14T19:13:20Z")
BG:
Are you (or did you) playing (play) the role of somebody’s brother whom everybody loves?
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### Author:  [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/122 "2007-03-14T19:14:21Z")
No, I am not Brad Garret.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/123 "2007-03-14T19:15:43Z")
BG:
Are you the title character in an opera?
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### Author:  [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/124 "2007-03-14T19:17:30Z")
No, and I do not know who that is.
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### Author:  [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/125 "2007-03-14T19:18:48Z")
Are you a former presidential candidate?
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### Author:  [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/126 "2007-03-14T19:19:17Z")
No, I am not Barry Goldwater.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/127 "2007-03-14T19:20:31Z")
[QUOTE=dnooman]
No, and I do not know who that is.
[/QUOTE]
Boris Godounov
DQ: Are you male?
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### Author:  [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/128 "2007-03-14T19:21:32Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar]
Boris Godounov
DQ: Are you male?
[/QUOTE]
No.
BG is:
Not male
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/129 "2007-03-14T19:22:26Z")
Do you play the clarinet?
Edited after seeing you’re not male.
Are you a blonde actress?
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### Author:  [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/130 "2007-03-14T19:22:28Z")
Are you a pop singer known for sentimental tunes?
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/131 "2007-03-14T19:22:38Z")
BG:
Did you and your brothers write some disco music?
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### Author:  [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/132 "2007-03-14T19:22:46Z")
No, I am not Benny Goodman.
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### Author:  [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/133 "2007-03-14T19:24:01Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar]
BG:
Did you and your brothers write some disco music?
[/QUOTE]
No, I am not Barry Gibb.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/134 "2007-03-14T19:25:06Z")
BG:
Did you write a song about some kids and a bridge?
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### Author:  [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/135 "2007-03-14T19:27:03Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic]
Do you play the clarinet?
Edited after seeing you’re not male.
Are you a blonde actress?
[/QUOTE]
No, and I do not know who that is.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/136 "2007-03-14T19:28:08Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic]
Do you play the clarinet?
Edited after seeing you’re not male.
Are you a blonde actress?
[/QUOTE]
Just so you know, the Indirect Questions don’t have to match the DQ criteria. They can even be fictitious characters. The idea in the Indirect Questions phase is to stump the Chooser so you can get a Direct Question.
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/137 "2007-03-14T19:29:32Z")
[QUOTE=dnooman]
No, and I do not know who that is.
[/QUOTE]
Betty Grable.
DQ: Are you in show business?
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### Author:  [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/138 "2007-03-14T19:30:07Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
Are you a pop singer known for sentimental tunes?
[/QUOTE]
No, and I do not know who that is.
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/139 "2007-03-14T19:30:52Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar]
Just so you know, the Indirect Questions don’t have to match the DQ criteria. They can even be fictitious characters. The idea in the Indirect Questions phase is to stump the Chooser so you can get a Direct Question.
[/QUOTE]
I know. I had specific people in mind with both indirect questions (Benny Goodman and Betty Grable).
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### Author:  [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-part-ii/395892/140 "2007-03-14T19:31:10Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar]
BG:
Did you write a song about some kids and a bridge?
[/QUOTE]
No, and I do not know who that is.
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