# Botticelli Game 14 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 18, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713 "2008-05-18T02:46:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/21 "2008-05-18T04:32:05Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Are you the author of _Ethics_? [/QUOTE] Since it’s not Aristotle, No. I don’t know. Ask a direct question. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/22 "2008-05-18T04:33:11Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey] Off-topic: I don’t think he did either, although I like him a lot; I was surprised when he won it. On-topic: Did you make your TV debut on the Tracey Ullman show? [/QUOTE] No, not Bart Simpson. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/23 "2008-05-18T04:34:13Z")
[QUOTE=divemaster] Were you a Furious (if somewhat dubious) superhero? [/QUOTE] No, and I don’t know who you are. Ask a direct question. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/24 "2008-05-18T04:40:27Z")
Was your father on Seinfeld and King of Queens? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/25 "2008-05-18T04:41:42Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey] Was your father on Seinfeld and King of Queens? [/QUOTE] No, not Ben Stiller ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/26 "2008-05-18T04:52:28Z")
Mr. Furious was also Ben Stiller (from _Mystery Men_). Do I still get a DQ? (I’m still not clear on the doubling up rule) Anyway, here’s another IQ: Are you a multiplatinum singer who was also a Mouseketeer? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/27 "2008-05-18T04:55:50Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] Since it’s not Aristotle, No. I don’t know. Ask a direct question. [/QUOTE] **Baruch Spinoza**. Did you live in the 20th century? ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/28 "2008-05-18T04:58:30Z")
Are you an American gangster? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/29 "2008-05-18T04:58:34Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] **Baruch Spinoza**. Did you live in the 20th century? [/QUOTE] Nope. **Facts:** Dead Did not live in the 20th century ---
**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:** [May 18, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/30 "2008-05-18T04:59:47Z")
Are you a pretty good chess player? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/31 "2008-05-18T04:59:59Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey] Are you an American gangster? [/QUOTE] No, not Benjamin (Don’t Call Me Bugsy) Siegel ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/32 "2008-05-18T05:01:37Z")
[QUOTE=Darryl Lict] Are you a pretty good chess player? [/QUOTE] No, not Boris Spassky ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/33 "2008-05-18T05:06:28Z")
Are you a rapper who was murdered in Los Angeles? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/34 "2008-05-18T05:07:12Z")
[QUOTE=divemaster] Mr. Furious was also Ben Stiller (from _Mystery Men_). Do I still get a DQ? (I’m still not clear on the doubling up rule) Anyway, here’s another IQ: Are you a multiplatinum singer who was also a Mouseketeer? [/QUOTE] No, not Britney Spears. Yes, you deserve a direct question. Ask away. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/35 "2008-05-18T05:07:20Z")
Are you the composer of _The Bartered Bride_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/36 "2008-05-18T05:10:32Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey] Are you a rapper who was murdered in Los Angeles? [/QUOTE] No, not Biggie Smalls ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/37 "2008-05-18T05:11:42Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Are you the composer of _The Bartered Bride_? [/QUOTE] No, not Smetana… crud, I don’t know his first name, and it would be cheating to look it up. Okay, ask a direct question. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/38 "2008-05-18T05:15:07Z")
Here’s my DQ: Are you a politician? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/39 "2008-05-18T05:17:05Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] No, not Smetana… crud, I don’t know his first name, and it would be cheating to look it up. Okay, ask a direct question. [/QUOTE] Not cheating; you did know who it was. (It’s **Bedrich**.) But I’ll take the DQ anyway. Are you an author? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/40 "2008-05-18T05:23:21Z")
[QUOTE=divemaster] Here’s my DQ: Are you a politician? [/QUOTE] No. **Facts:** Dead Not alive in 20th century Not involved in politics [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713.md?page=3)