# Botticelli 2009! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 8, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311 "2009-01-08T00:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/1 "2009-01-08T00:42:33Z")
Okay, it is still only 9:30am, I’m at work until 4pm or later and it is painfully obvious that I will have absolutely nothing to do all day today. Anyone up for the first game of Botticelli of the New Year? * * * **T** (most well-known by this surname, but, if it helps, the given name begins with **I** ) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/2 "2009-01-08T01:02:19Z")
Do you pity the foo? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/3 "2009-01-08T01:17:14Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > Do you pity the foo? No, I am not Mr. T. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/4 "2009-01-08T01:41:59Z")
Do you have really big feet? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/5 "2009-01-08T01:55:28Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Do you have really big feet? No, and I don’t know who you’re thinking of. Take a direct question. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/6 "2009-01-08T02:15:15Z")
> [@seodoa](#): > > No, and I don’t know who you’re thinking of. Take a direct question. Ian Thorpe is an Australian Olympic swimming medallist with size 17 feet. :eek: Are you male? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/7 "2009-01-08T02:18:18Z")
Did you win Brain of Britain? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/8 "2009-01-08T02:19:37Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Ian Thorpe is an Australian Olympic swimming medallist with size 17 feet. :eek: > > Are you male? D’oh! Ian Thorpe! The Thorpedo! :smack: Yes, I am male. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/9 "2009-01-08T02:19:51Z")
Was your first musical recording considered by some to be the first rock and roll song ever? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/10 "2009-01-08T02:29:18Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Did you win Brain of Britain? No, and I’m afraid I’ve never followed that program. Take another Direct Question. [QUOTE=Freudian Slit] Was your first musical recording considered by some to be the first rock and roll song ever? [/Quote] No, I am not Ike Turner. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/11 "2009-01-08T03:21:32Z")
Are you “The Boy Wonder” producer who died at an unfortunately young age? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/12 "2009-01-08T03:27:09Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > Are you “The Boy Wonder” producer who died at an unfortunately young age? No, I am not and I don’t know who you are thinking of. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/13 "2009-01-08T03:47:15Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > Are you “The Boy Wonder” producer who died at an unfortunately young age? Irving Thalberg. Are you American? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/14 "2009-01-08T03:51:19Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > Irving Thalberg. > > Are you American? No, I am not American. Recap: Yes, I am male No, I am not American. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/15 "2009-01-08T03:55:11Z")
Is one of your Sons a nihilist? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/16 "2009-01-08T04:00:17Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > Is one of your Sons a nihilist? No, I am not Ivan Turgenev. (really, really clever reference, though) ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/17 "2009-01-08T04:02:46Z")
Are you a Socialist? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/18 "2009-01-08T04:09:38Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Are you a Socialist? No, and I don’t know who you’re thinking of. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/19 "2009-01-08T04:14:34Z")
> [@seodoa](#): > > No, and I don’t know who you’re thinking of. Take a DQ. k i need a recap…what does a direct question mean? guess a name? been awhile since i played ---
**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:** [January 8, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/20 "2009-01-08T04:19:27Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > k i need a recap…what does a direct question mean? guess a name? > > been awhile since i played [Botticelli rules](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_(game)) [Indirect question](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_(game)#Indirect_Mode) [Direct question](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_(game)#Direct_Mode) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311.md?page=2)