# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/81 "2008-05-19T04:33:55Z")
Are you a strength training guru? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/82 "2008-05-19T04:38:53Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey] Are you a strength training guru? [/QUOTE] No, and I don’t know who that is. 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 19, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/83 "2008-05-19T04:41:49Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] No, and I don’t know who that is. Ask a direct question. [/QUOTE] **Bill Starr** (one of my few ‘heroes’) Were you alive in the 19th century? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/84 "2008-05-19T04:58:25Z")
[QUOTE=HongKongFooey] **Bill Starr** (one of my few ‘heroes’) Were you alive in the 19th century? [/QUOTE] Yes. ONLY in the 19th century, in fact. **SUMMARY:** Dead European Female Lived solely in the 19th century Not a writer Not involved in politics. Real person, not fictional ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/85 "2008-05-19T10:09:24Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Did you score in successive Cup Finals? [/QUOTE] Bobby Smith (scored for Tottenham in 1961 and 1962 - lived at the bottom of my road 🆒 ) I’m having trouble thinking what women were allowed to do in the 19th century. :eek: Was BS involved in health care? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/86 "2008-05-19T12:22:39Z")
Are you a female blues singer of the 20s and 30s? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/87 "2008-05-19T12:27:01Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Bobby Smith (scored for Tottenham in 1961 and 1962 - lived at the bottom of my road 🆒 ) I’m having trouble thinking what women were allowed to do in the 19th century. :eek: Was BS involved in health care? [/QUOTE] I tended to a lot of sick people in my time, but hardly anybody knows me for that. I wasn’t a doctor or nurse or medical professional, if that’s what you mean. **SUMMARY:** Dead European Female Lived in the 19th century Real, not fictional Not a writer Not political Only vaguely connected to health care ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/88 "2008-05-19T12:28:07Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] Are you a female blues singer of the 20s and 30s? [/QUOTE] Not Bessie Smith ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/89 "2008-05-19T12:38:26Z")
Hmm, then you’re unlikely to be stumped if I ask you if you are an Irish Theatre manager better known now for another achievement? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/90 "2008-05-19T13:08:02Z")
Are you a Pennsylvania congressman noted for his taste for pork? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/91 "2008-05-19T14:39:17Z")
Were you a World Champion on two wheels? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/92 "2008-05-19T14:59:02Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] I have no idea what you mean, so feel free to ask a direct question. [/QUOTE] Would you be able to train yourself to answer this question the same way every time? B.F. Skinner - Behavioral Pyschologist. Was your native language a Germanic tongue? (Dutch, German, or English - basically). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/93 "2008-05-19T23:18:38Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] Hmm, then you’re unlikely to be stumped if I ask you if you are an Irish Theatre manager better known now for another achievement? [/QUOTE] No, I don’t know who you are. Ask your 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 19, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/94 "2008-05-19T23:19:50Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Are you a Pennsylvania congressman noted for his taste for pork? [/QUOTE] No, and I don’t know who you are. Ask your 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 19, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/95 "2008-05-19T23:21:08Z")
[QUOTE=Wargamer] Would you be able to train yourself to answer this question the same way every time? B.F. Skinner - Behavioral Pyschologist. Was your native language a Germanic tongue? (Dutch, German, or English - basically). [/QUOTE] No. **SUMMARY:** Dead Real person female European Did NOT Speak English, German or Dutch Not a writer Not political Tended to sick people regularly, but not a medical professional. Lived only in 19th century ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/96 "2008-05-20T00:28:17Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Were you a World Champion on two wheels? [/QUOTE] No, and I don’t know who you are. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/97 "2008-05-20T00:29:59Z")
Hmm… I’m flirting with a major giveaway, but it seems necessary. Glee asked if I was involved with health care. I said no, which is certainly true in the sense that I wasn’t a doctor, nurse, scientist or medical professional. And yet… what I’m world famous for is DEFINITELY related, in a way, to health care. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/98 "2008-05-20T07:24:01Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] Hmm, then you’re unlikely to be stumped if I ask you if you are an Irish Theatre manager better known now for another achievement? [/QUOTE] **Bram Stoker**. I was going to ask if you were a famous author, but that would have been too easy! Are you French? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/99 "2008-05-20T08:01:48Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Were you a World Champion on two wheels? [/QUOTE] [Barry Sheene](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene). Thanks for being straight about the health care reference. 🙂 Are you famous for making a discovery? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713/100 "2008-05-20T10:42:19Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] **Bram Stoker**. I was going to ask if you were a famous author, but that would have been too easy! Are you French? [/QUOTE] Yes! **SUMMARY:** Dead French Female Lived in the 19th century Not an author Not in politics Sort of related to health care (but not a doctor or nurse or scientist) Real person, not fictional [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-game-14/449713.md?page=6)